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LATE NEWS
, Washington, Panama Canal
bill, with its drastic provision pro
hibiting rajlroads-frorrt owning 0r
controlling, directly o7 indirectly,
steamships which would compete
against their "land lines, and
" granting free passage through
canal to e;veryx ship flying Amer
ican flag passed House, 206 to
63.
- Columbus, O. First death of
year due to heat prostration oc
curred in local hospital today.
Unidentified negro.
Frankfort, Germany. Frank
Hill, consul general of the U. S.
here, found dead in corridors of
office building here. Skull frac
tured. Believed to have fallen
down stairs. )
Washington. Senate finance
committee, by party vote, today
decided to report unfavorably the
bill reducing the wool bill as
passed by the House.
La Crosse, Wis. Reported
here, but not confirmed, that dam
above Black River Falls, which
collapsed and flooded city one
year ago, had gone out. Tele
phone lines to city down,
-i Milwaukee, Wis. Wisconsin
Telephone Company reports per
fect wire communication with
Black River Falls, and has receiv
ed no report that dam has gone
out.
Wellston, O. Largest and
smallest judgments ever entered
in Jackson County Court entered
today. One against Superior Coal,
Co. in favor of Knickerbocker
Trust Co., N. Y., for $1,930,000;
other gives W. W. Loudefmilk
IS cents against' local gas com
pany for labor.
Washington, Taft lefthereto
day, for whifl wind campaign in
Ne"w Tersfey. N. J. primaries next
Tuesday.
Denver. Rev. A. W. Forstall,
in charge of Sacred Heart College
observatory,says his, seismograph
registered severe earthquake last
ing 27 minutes last night. Can't
place quake.
Washington. House Judiciary
Committee investigating Judge
Rohert W. Archbald of the Com
merce Court adjourned, until
Monday. Ran out of witnesses.
Louisville, Ky. "Those who
complain about high cost of liv
ing should fro to China'; it's high
er there." From report of -Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Mis
sions, submitted to General As
sembly .here.
Paterson, N. J. T. Roosevelt
began his, New Jersey campaign
here today. Said he was in favor
of protective tariff, but wanted to
see benefit of tariff get into pay
envelopes as well as dividends.
Fat chance under the present
system ! But perhaps you remem
her that there are big tejjtile mills
in Paterson, and that there was a
great strike there recently, which
things perhaps account for the
Roosevelt speech.
St Louis, Mo. Special carry
ing Miss' Edith Shuler, 22, dying
daughter of L. V. Shuler, of In
dianapolis, to her homerushed
through here at 70-miles an hour.
Miss Shule had been in Arizona
for consumption treatments now
critical
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